Elisabeth Görgl

Elisabeth Görgl (born 20 February 1981) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.

Elisabeth Görgl
Görgl in January 2012
Born (1981-02-20) 20 February 1981
Bruck an der Mur,
Styria, Austria
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, super-G giant slalom, slalom, combined
ClubKapfenberger Sportvereinigung
World Cup debut10 March 2000 (age 19)
Retired16 March 2017 (age 36)
Websitelizz.at
Olympics
Teams2 – (2006, 2010)
Medals2 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams7 – (2003–15)
Medals3 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons17 – (2000–2001, 2003–2017)
Wins7 – (2 DH, 3 SG, 2 GS)
Podiums42
Overall titles0 – (4th in 2008, '11)
Discipline titles0 – (2nd in SG & GS: '08)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2010 VancouverDownhill
Bronze medal – third place2010 VancouverGiant slalom
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 Garmisch-PartenkirchenDownhill
Gold medal – first place2011 Garmisch-PartenkirchenSuper-G
Bronze medal – third place2009 Val d'IsèreCombined

Born in Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Görgl made her World Cup debut in March 2000 and has reached World Cup podiums in all five alpine disciplines, with multiple victories in giant slalom, super-G, and downhill. In January 2008, she won her first World Cup race in the giant slalom at Maribor, Slovenia.

At the 2009 World Championships at Val d'Isère, Görgl won a bronze medal in super combined. In 2011 at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, she won two gold medals, the first in the Super-G[1] and a second in the downhill five days later.[2] Her sweep of the two women's speed events marked the third consecutive occurrence at the World Championships – preceded by Lindsey Vonn in 2009 at Val d'Isere and Anja Pärson in 2007 at Åre.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Görgl won the bronze medal in the downhill – the same medal in the same event as her mother half a century earlier at the 1960 and the 1964 Winter Olympics.[3][4] A week later she also won bronze in the giant slalom. Görgl also participated in 4 disciplines in the 2014 Winter Olympics (Downhill, giant slalom, super-G, combined).

On 12 June 2017 she announced her retirement from active skiing. Her last race was a Super-G in Aspen in March the same year.[5]

Personal

Görgl is the daughter of Traudl Hecher (b. 1943), an alpine racer for Austria in the early 1960s. She won Olympic bronze medals in the downhill in 1960 (at age 16) and 1964, and remains the youngest Olympic medalist in alpine skiing. Görgl's older brother Stephan (b. 1978) is a former World Cup alpine racer; he competed in the giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics.[6]

World Cup results

Season standings
  • Ranking and points
SeasonOverallSlalomGiant
 Slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
200341 (178)18 (112)27 (66)———
200410 (654)5 (339)4 (293)38 (22)——
200512 (511)22 (99)10 (225)12 (137)34 (26)11 (24)
200610 (602)36 (19)16 (155)11 (172)8 (227)15 (29)
200711 (568)35 (39)11 (171)23 (96)14 (184)8 (78)
20084 (1137)42 (22)2 (479)2 (326)11 (215)8 (95)
20098 (755)—4 (333)14 (133)10 (176)5 (113)
20106 (591)29 (49)20 (67)2 (300)26 (65)4 (110)
20114 (992)33 (41)4 (236)9 (137)4 (333)4 (185)
20126 (987)—7 (333)9 (205)3 (384)10 (50)
201319 (381)—15 (160)14 (101)24 (84)13 (36)
20148 (640)—31 (42)4 (240)7 (334)11 (24)
20158 (638)—25 (69)7 (214)4 (337)14 (18)
201628 (363)——14 (154)13 (209)—
201754 (145)——16 (116)39 (29)—

Race victories
  • 7 wins – (2 DH, 3 SG, 2 GS)
  • 42 podiums – (14 DH, 6 SG, 15 GS, 3 SL, 1 PS, 3 SC)
Season Date Location Discipline
200812 Jan 2008Maribor, SloveniaGiant slalom
15 Mar 2008Bormio, ItalyGiant slalom
20106 Dec 2009Lake Louise, CanadaSuper-G
20127 Jan 2012Bad Kleinkirchheim, AustriaDownhill
201411 Jan 2014Altenmarkt, AustriaDownhill
23 Jan 2014Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySuper-G
201521 Dec 2014Val-d'Isère, FranceSuper-G

World championships
Görgl in 2017
  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
200321DNF1————
200523DSQ17——8
200725———18—
2009273110643
201129—10115
201331—2311106
201533——DNF16—

Winter Olympics
  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
200624———DNF—
201028735318
201432—11DNF16DNF2

References
  1. McKee, Hank (8 February 2011). "Goergl gets 1st gold of Championships, Mancuso gains silver". Ski Racing. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  2. McKee, Hank (13 February 2011). "Joy in Austria, Goergl wins DH, Vonn snares silver". Ski Racing. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  3. "Stephan Görgl". Sports Reference. Olympic results. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  4. "Elisabeth Görgl bio". NBC Sports. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  5. "Lizz Goergl's successful career is over - FIS-SKI". www.fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017.
  6. "Stephan Görgl". Sports Reference. Olympic results. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
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